2016-05-13 Who Makes Grammar Rules?
If you learned about grammar in school, you were probably taught to think about “correct” and “incorrect” ways of using…
2016-05-06 Commonly Confused Words Part 3: Homophones
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we are looking at more commonly confused words in the…
2016-04-29 Commonly Confused Words: Part Two
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we continue explaining commonly confused words in the English language.…
2016-04-22 Commonly Confused Words: Part One
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Ashley: Before we get started today, Adam, I wanted to ask you…
2016-04-15 They Say That Reported Speech is Easy
We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to…
2016-04-08 Identify With Relative Pronouns
In this week’s episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to discuss the relative pronouns who, that and which. A…
2016-04-01 Changing Prepositions With ‘Provide’
English learners know that prepositions can be difficult to master. There are 94 one-word prepositions in English, and about 56…
2016-03-25 Using the Passive Voice
This Everyday Grammar is all about the passive voice. The passive is a verb form in which the subject receives…
2016-03-04 Do You Wish You Knew Better Grammar?
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. In English, wish is a powerful word for expressing your dreams, hopes…
2016-02-26 How Much Do You Know about Quantifiers?
For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we are going to talk about different ways of expressing quantity…
2016-02-18 Understanding Noncount Nouns
Today we are going to talk about the difference between count and noncount nouns. Most nouns in English can be…
2016-02-12 Past Unreal Conditionals
This week, we are going to talk about the past unreal conditional. Past unreal conditionals are often used to express…
2016-02-05 If You Learn Conditionals, You’ll Be Glad You Did!
In this week’s episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to talk about conditionals. We use conditionals to show that…
2016-01-22 The Perfect Progressive Tenses
Editor’s note: See An Introduction to Verb Tenses for the first story in this series. For VOA Learning English, this…
2016-01-15 Have You Perfected the Perfect Tenses?
Editor’s note: This is the third episode of four-part series on verb tenses. Be sure to listen to part one…